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3650112Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #465http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-465-51477.html
http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-465-51477.html#respondSun, 31 Jul 2016 18:00:01 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=51477Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 465th weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere … Featuring the seven most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (24 – 30 July, 2016), together with a hand-picked quintet, you might otherwise have missed.

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As ever, let’s start with the most popular post, and work our way down:

And now to the five blog-posts that come highly recommended, regardless of the number of Aggregator click-throughs they attracted. To nominate a Lib Dem blog article published in the past seven days – your own, or someone else’s, all you have to do is drop a line to voice@libdemvoice.org. You can also contact us via Twitter, where we’re @libdemvoice

8.A Party on the rise by Rob Stickland on Rob’s view from the sidelines.
There is loads to be positive about, says Rob

9.Less United by Andrew Hickey on Sci-Ence! Justice Leak!.
We need something to get parties working together, but this isn’t it, says Andrew

]]>http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-465-51477.html/feed051477Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #464http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-464-51417.html
http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-464-51417.html#respondSun, 24 Jul 2016 18:00:38 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=51417Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 464th weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere … Featuring the seven most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (17 -,23 July 2016), together with a hand-picked quintet, you might otherwise have missed.

Don’t forget: you can sign up to receive the Golden Dozen direct to your email inbox — just click here — ensuring you never miss out on the best of Lib Dem blogging.

As ever, let’s start with the most popular post, and work our way down:

And now to the five blog-posts that come highly recommended, regardless of the number of Aggregator click-throughs they attracted. To nominate a Lib Dem blog article published in the past seven days – your own, or someone else’s, all you have to do is drop a line to voice@libdemvoice.org. You can also contact us via Twitter, where we’re @libdemvoice

]]>http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-464-51417.html/feed051417Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #463http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-463-51338.html
http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-463-51338.html#respondSun, 17 Jul 2016 18:00:47 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=51338Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 463rd weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere … Featuring the seven most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (10 – 16 July, 2016), together with a hand-picked quintet, you might otherwise have missed.

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As ever, let’s start with the most popular post, and work our way down:

2. On the prospect of a new party by Chris Sargeantson on Terrible Pie.
Working together is one thing, but one pro EU anti Brexit party may not be liberal at a time we need liberal values to be articulated.

And now to the five blog-posts that come highly recommended, regardless of the number of Aggregator click-throughs they attracted. To nominate a Lib Dem blog article published in the past seven days – your own, or someone else’s, all you have to do is drop a line to voice@libdemvoice.org. You can also contact us via Twitter, where we’re @libdemvoice

12.Southern Rail failings: a staff member writes by David Boyle on The Real Blog.
David is getting 100,000 readers for his blogs on Southern Rail’s catastrophic service. My Facebook feed is full of friends suffering from Southern’s incompetence. Reading this post from David, you get the impression that the company who manage the Southern franchise could do a lot better if it just treated its staff properly.

And that’s it for another week. Happy blogging ‘n’ reading ‘n’ nominating.

]]>http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-463-51338.html/feed051338Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #462http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-462-51265.html
http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-462-51265.html#commentsSun, 10 Jul 2016 18:00:06 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=51265Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 462nd weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere … Featuring the seven most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (3-9 July, 2016), together with a hand-picked quintet, you might otherwise have missed.

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As ever, let’s start with the most popular post, and work our way down:

7.Open politics by Cicero on Cicero’s Songs.
The split now is round globalisation.

And now to the five blog-posts that come highly recommended, regardless of the number of Aggregator click-throughs they attracted. To nominate a Lib Dem blog article published in the past seven days – your own, or someone else’s, all you have to do is drop a line to voice@libdemvoice.org. You can also contact us via Twitter, where we’re @libdemvoice

8.The day anxiety lost by Becca Plenderleith on Some Ramblings.
A significant step forward, eloquently described

]]>http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-462-51265.html/feed151265Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #461http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-461-50989.html
http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-461-50989.html#respondSun, 19 Jun 2016 20:26:51 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=50989Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our xxxth weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere … Featuring the seven most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (12-19 June, 2016), together with a hand-picked quintet, you might otherwise have missed.

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As ever, let’s start with the most popular post, and work our way down: 1. Clement Freud exposed as child abuser by Jonathan Calder on Liberal England.
Grim reading – and the documentary mentioned was stomach turning to watch..

And now to the five blog-posts that come highly recommended, regardless of the number of Aggregator click-throughs they attracted. To nominate a Lib Dem blog article published in the past seven days – your own, or someone else’s, all you have to do is drop a line to voice@libdemvoice.org. You can also contact us via Twitter, where we’re @libdemvoice

8.How to make history historical by Maria Pretzler on Working Memories .
Might people think in 100 years that the Brexit Flotilla was actually a proper river Battle?

And as your bonus this week, because we haven’t had a post from Alex in a while, listen to what he has to say about the events of this week: Britain is better than this. He implores us all to do something because we can’t just leave it to someone else to stand up for the values of freedom and openness we hold so dear.

And that’s it for another week. Happy blogging ‘n’ reading ‘n’ nominating.

]]>http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-461-50989.html/feed050989Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #460http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-460-50914.html
http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-460-50914.html#respondSun, 12 Jun 2016 18:00:06 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=50914Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 460thth weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere … Featuring the seven most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (5-11 June, 2016), together with a hand-picked quintet, you might otherwise have missed.

Don’t forget: you can sign up to receive the Golden Dozen direct to your email inbox — just click here — ensuring you never miss out on the best of Lib Dem blogging.

As ever, let’s start with the most popular post, and work our way down:

And now to the five blog-posts that come highly recommended, regardless of the number of Aggregator click-throughs they attracted. To nominate a Lib Dem blog article published in the past seven days – your own, or someone else’s, all you have to do is drop a line to voice@libdemvoice.org. You can also contact us via Twitter, where we’re @libdemvoice

8. Honoured! by Jen Yockney MBE on Either/And.
Jen looks back on decades of volunteering for which she has been so deservingly honoured.

9. My Brexit take in 7 tweets by Stephen Tall on Stephen Tall.
What is one of the Lib Dem’s biggest Eurosceptics going to do in the referendum?

10.Day 5636: Winning with the facts by Richard Flowers on The Very Fluffy Diary of Millennium Dome, Elephant.
Showing how we’re £92 billion up because we’re in the EU.

11.About Democracy by Peter Wrigley on Keynseian Liberal.
They say they’re all about democracy, so why exactly were Leave so outraged at the extension of the electoral register deadline?

]]>http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-460-50914.html/feed050914Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #459http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-459-50729.html
http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-459-50729.html#respondSun, 29 May 2016 18:00:30 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=50729Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 459th weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere … Featuring the seven most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (22 – 28 May, 2016), together with a hand-picked quintet, you might otherwise have missed.

Don’t forget: you can sign up to receive the Golden Dozen direct to your email inbox — just click here — ensuring you never miss out on the best of Lib Dem blogging.

As ever, let’s start with the most popular post, and work our way down:

And now to the five blog-posts that come highly recommended, regardless of the number of Aggregator click-throughs they attracted. To nominate a Lib Dem blog article published in the past seven days – your own, or someone else’s, all you have to do is drop a line to voice@libdemvoice.org. You can also contact us via Twitter, where we’re @libdemvoice

]]>http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-459-50729.html/feed050729Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #458http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-458-50676.html
http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-458-50676.html#respondSun, 22 May 2016 18:00:51 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=50676Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 458th weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere … Featuring the seven most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (15-21 May, 2016), together with a hand-picked quintet, you might otherwise have missed.

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As ever, let’s start with the most popular post, and work our way down:

And now to the five blog-posts that come highly recommended, regardless of the number of Aggregator click-throughs they attracted. To nominate a Lib Dem blog article published in the past seven days – your own, or someone else’s, all you have to do is drop a line to voice@libdemvoice.org. You can also contact us via Twitter, where we’re @libdemvoice

8.A Zip for Europe, in England by Gareth Epps on Liberator’s Blog.
On a proposal to ensure gender and other diversity for the European elections

9.Orgreave by Peter Wrigley on Keynesian Liberal.
Especially in context of David Boyle’s post above. Peter contrasts the relative speeds of the decision on an Orgreave enquiry with the action taken after the riots in London.

]]>http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-458-50676.html/feed050676Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #457http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-457-50569.html
http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-457-50569.html#commentsSun, 15 May 2016 18:00:31 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=50569Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 457th weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere, back from our election break … Featuring the seven most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (-, 2016), together with a hand-picked quintet, you might otherwise have missed.

Don’t forget: you can sign up to receive the Golden Dozen direct to your email inbox — just click here — ensuring you never miss out on the best of Lib Dem blogging.

As ever, let’s start with the most popular post, and work our way down:

And now to the five blog-posts that come highly recommended, regardless of the number of Aggregator click-throughs they attracted. To nominate a Lib Dem blog article published in the past seven days – your own, or someone else’s, all you have to do is drop a line to voice@libdemvoice.org. You can also contact us via Twitter, where we’re @libdemvoice

]]>http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-457-50569.html/feed150569Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #456http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-456-50266.html
http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-456-50266.html#respondSun, 24 Apr 2016 18:00:44 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=50266Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 456th weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere … Featuring the seven most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (17 -,23 April 2016), together with a hand-picked quintet, you might otherwise have missed.

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As ever, let’s start with the most popular post, and work our way down:

5.My last goodbye by Chris Sams on The Ginger Liberal from Medway.
Sad to see Chris leave the Lib Dems despite him remaining a supporter of the party and Tim Farron. Hope we can say hello again sometime.

6.Answers needed on election expenses by Jeremy Rowe on Jeremy Rowe.
Jeremy is from a part of the world where that Tory battle bus called at 14 seats lost to the Tories from the Lib Dems.

And now to the five blog-posts that come highly recommended, regardless of the number of Aggregator click-throughs they attracted. To nominate a Lib Dem blog article published in the past seven days – your own, or someone else’s, all you have to do is drop a line to voice@libdemvoice.org. You can also contact us via Twitter, where we’re @libdemvoice

]]>http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-456-50266.html/feed050266Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #455http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-455-50198.html
http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-455-50198.html#commentsSun, 17 Apr 2016 18:00:56 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=50198Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 455th weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere … Featuring the seven most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (10 -,16 April 2016), together with a hand-picked quintet, you might otherwise have missed.

Don’t forget: you can sign up to receive the Golden Dozen direct to your email inbox — just click here — ensuring you never miss out on the best of Lib Dem blogging.

As ever, let’s start with the most popular post, and work our way down:

And now to the five blog-posts that come highly recommended, regardless of the number of Aggregator click-throughs they attracted. To nominate a Lib Dem blog article published in the past seven days – your own, or someone else’s, all you have to do is drop a line to voice@libdemvoice.org. You can also contact us via Twitter, where we’re @libdemvoice

8. What is an ever closer union? by Millicent Ragnhild Scott on LinkedIn.
“The statement is intended to draw attention to the similarities of the peoples of Europe, rather than to the divisions, falsely created and magnified by wartime.”

]]>http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-455-50198.html/feed350198Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #454http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-454-50115.html
http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-454-50115.html#commentsSun, 10 Apr 2016 18:00:33 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=50115Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 454th weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere … Featuring the seven most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (3-9 April, 2016), together with a hand-picked quintet, you might otherwise have missed.

Don’t forget: you can sign up to receive the Golden Dozen direct to your email inbox — just click here — ensuring you never miss out on the best of Lib Dem blogging.

As ever, let’s start with the most popular post, and work our way down:

And now to the five blog-posts that come highly recommended, regardless of the number of Aggregator click-throughs they attracted. To nominate a Lib Dem blog article published in the past seven days – your own, or someone else’s, all you have to do is drop a line to voice@libdemvoice.org. You can also contact us via Twitter, where we’re @libdemvoice

]]>http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-454-50115.html/feed150115Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #453http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-453-50057.html
http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-453-50057.html#respondSun, 03 Apr 2016 18:00:57 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=50057Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 453rd weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere … Featuring the seven most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (27 March – 2 April, 2016), together with a hand-picked quintet, you might otherwise have missed.

Don’t forget: you can sign up to receive the Golden Dozen direct to your email inbox — just click here — ensuring you never miss out on the best of Lib Dem blogging.

As ever, let’s start with the most popular post, and work our way down:

And now to the five blog-posts that come highly recommended, regardless of the number of Aggregator click-throughs they attracted. To nominate a Lib Dem blog article published in the past seven days – your own, or someone else’s, all you have to do is drop a line to voice@libdemvoice.org. You can also contact us via Twitter, where we’re @libdemvoice

]]>http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-453-50057.html/feed050057Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #452http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-452-2-49881.html
http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-452-2-49881.html#commentsSun, 20 Mar 2016 19:00:52 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=49881Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 452nd weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere … Featuring the seven most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (-, 2015), together with a hand-picked quintet, you might otherwise have missed.

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As ever, let’s start with the most popular post, and work our way down:

1.Still a Lib Dem by Jennie Rigg on Gin-sodden strumpet.
It is not easy proposing a motion you passionately believe in knowing that one of your best friends equally passionately opposes it. Many of us were so relieved to see this post.

4. The politics of politics by Louise Ankers on From one of the jilted generation.
Tim Farron wants us to recruit two new members each before the end of this month. But what’s in it for them, asks Louise.

6.On sexual harassment: a post too sweary for LDV by Jennie Rigg on Gin-sodden strumpet.
Actually, if she’d sent this brilliant riposte to all those men who drearily moaned that they didn’t understand how they should behave around women, we would happily have published it.

And now to the five blog-posts that come highly recommended, regardless of the number of Aggregator click-throughs they attracted. To nominate a Lib Dem blog article published in the past seven days – your own, or someone else’s, all you have to do is drop a line to voice@libdemvoice.org. You can also contact us via Twitter, where we’re @libdemvoice

]]>http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-452-2-49881.html/feed649881Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #451http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-451-49591.html
http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-451-49591.html#commentsSun, 28 Feb 2016 19:00:53 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=49591Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 451st weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere … Featuring the seven most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (21 – 27 February, 2016), together with a hand-picked quintet, you might otherwise have missed.

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As ever, let’s start with the most popular post, and work our way down:

6.Gove and Johnson’s coup attempt by David Boyle on The Real Blog.
Who will be “be cast into outer darkness where the devouring worm never dies and the fire is not quenched”?

7. Day 5531: Brexit is for the Faeries? by Richard Flowers on The Very Fluffy Diary of Millennium Dome, Elephant.
Great analysis – and loved the “GREAT FLUFFY GRIEF there are four months of this to go!” Maybe I am referendum-fatigued, but I feel that way after two weeks. At least we have the Scottish elections to focus on up here. You unlucky people in England

And now to the five blog-posts that come highly recommended, regardless of the number of Aggregator click-throughs they attracted. To nominate a Lib Dem blog article published in the past seven days – your own, or someone else’s, all you have to do is drop a line to voice@libdemvoice.org. You can also contact us via Twitter, where we’re @libdemvoice

]]>http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-451-49591.html/feed249591Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #450http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-450-49428.html
http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-450-49428.html#respondSun, 14 Feb 2016 19:00:53 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=49428Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our xxxth weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere … Featuring the seven most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (-, 2015), together with a hand-picked quintet, you might otherwise have missed.

Don’t forget: you can sign up to receive the Golden Dozen direct to your email inbox — just click here — ensuring you never miss out on the best of Lib Dem blogging.

As ever, let’s start with the most popular post, and work our way down:

And now to the five blog-posts that come highly recommended, regardless of the number of Aggregator click-throughs they attracted. To nominate a Lib Dem blog article published in the past seven days – your own, or someone else’s, all you have to do is drop a line to voice@libdemvoice.org. You can also contact us via Twitter, where we’re @libdemvoice

8.Desperately seeking Bradley by Daisy Benson on England is the home of lost ideas.
“It should not be down to the marginalised to ‘sing for their own supper’ and fight for their own equality.”

9.What “candidates should be chosen on merit” really means by Rhys Taylor on Rhys Taylor.
“Are the 92.4% of white professors in UK Higher Education there based on merit? Are the 70% of male MPs that make up the House of Commons there because of merit? Are we really saying that black people are only qualified enough to make up 6% of MPs?”

10. Improving party diversity: the time to act is now by Joshua Dixon on Liberal Insight.
“If we act now, we have a fighting chance of changing the face of our party. If we fail, we are back to square one with no plan to tackle the deep, deep problems that we face as a party on diversity.”

It seems that this committee, which I had never heard of, is a secret affair. I hadn’t understood that. The papers were not marked confidential. There is nothing in them that needs to considered confidential. But officers say the meeting is a secret meeting so I cannot write about it. So I can’t tell you that the meeting was intending to recommend [censored by Shropshire Council].

It seems I have made a mistake by erring on the side of telling people what is going on, rather hiding matters from the public.

]]>http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-450-49428.html/feed049428Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #449http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-25-49344.html
http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-25-49344.html#commentsSun, 07 Feb 2016 19:30:09 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=49344Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 449th weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere (including for this week only a little glimpse of blogging beyond the LibDem universe)… Featuring the seven most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (31st January – 7th February, 2016), together with a hand-picked quintet, you might otherwise have missed.

Don’t forget: you can sign up to receive the Golden Dozen direct to your email inbox — just click here — ensuring you never miss out on the best of Lib Dem blogging.

As ever, let’s start with the most popular post, and work our way down:

And now to the five blog-posts that come highly recommended, regardless of the number of Aggregator click-throughs they attracted, and for this week only including a few Non-Liberal Democrat blogs. This week’s final five selection comes from An All Women shortlist (Warf! Warf!). To nominate a Lib Dem blog article published in the past seven days – your own, or someone else’s, all you have to do is drop a line to voice@libdemvoice.org. You can also contact us via Twitter, where we’re @libdemvoice

8. The Blood is the Life for 31-01-2016 – A selection of articles hand-picked by Jennie Rigg on Jennie Rigg (I think) including – “Mrs Slocombe’s Pussy, with handy downloadable graphics”.

12, W H Smith and Edinburgh Airport by Lesley Riddoch on Another side of Lesley Riddoch. Lesley takes action about the lack of works by Scottish authors in a high visibility branch of the well known book store.

And that’s it for another week. Happy blogging ‘n’ reading ‘n’ nominating.

* Paul Walter is a Liberal Democrat activist and councillor. As part of the Liberal Democrat Voice team he helps with photos and moderation on the site, as well as occsionally contributing articles. He blogs at Liberal Burblings.

]]>http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-25-49344.html/feed349344Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #448http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-448-49213.html
http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-448-49213.html#respondSun, 31 Jan 2016 19:00:01 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=49213Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 448th weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere … Featuring the seven most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (24-30 January, 2016), together with a hand-picked quintet, you might otherwise have missed.

Don’t forget: you can sign up to receive the Golden Dozen direct to your email inbox — just click here — ensuring you never miss out on the best of Lib Dem blogging.

As ever, let’s start with the most popular post, and work our way down:

And now to the five blog-posts that come highly recommended, regardless of the number of Aggregator click-throughs they attracted. To nominate a Lib Dem blog article published in the past seven days – your own, or someone else’s, all you have to do is drop a line to voice@libdemvoice.org. You can also contact us via Twitter, where we’re @libdemvoice

12. When is a bonus not a bonus? by Graeme Cowie on Predictable Paradox.
A detailed analysis of the financial challenges Scotland would face if independent – our economy would have to how faster than India or China just to stand still.

And that’s it for another week. Happy blogging ‘n’ reading ‘n’ nominating.

]]>http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-448-49213.html/feed049213Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #447http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-447-49122.html
http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-447-49122.html#respondSun, 24 Jan 2016 19:00:31 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=49122Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 447th weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere … Featuring the seven most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (17-23 January, 2016), together with a hand-picked quintet, you might otherwise have missed.

Don’t forget: you can sign up to receive the Golden Dozen direct to your email inbox — just click here — ensuring you never miss out on the best of Lib Dem blogging.

As ever, let’s start with the most popular post, and work our way down:

And now to the five blog-posts that come highly recommended, regardless of the number of Aggregator click-throughs they attracted. To nominate a Lib Dem blog article published in the past seven days – your own, or someone else’s, all you have to do is drop a line to voice@libdemvoice.org. You can also contact us via Twitter, where we’re @libdemvoice

8.Let’s talk about diversity by Charlie Kingsbury on LY Libertine.
How Liberal Youth is doing something about its approach to diversity.

]]>http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-447-49122.html/feed049122Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #446http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-446-49028.html
http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-lib-dem-golden-dozen-446-49028.html#respondSun, 17 Jan 2016 19:00:27 +0000http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=49028Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 446th weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere … Featuring the seven most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (10-16 January, 2016), together with a hand-picked quintet, you might otherwise have missed.

Don’t forget: you can sign up to receive the Golden Dozen direct to your email inbox — just click here — ensuring you never miss out on the best of Lib Dem blogging.

As ever, let’s start with the most popular post, and work our way down:

And now to the five blog-posts that come highly recommended, regardless of the number of Aggregator click-throughs they attracted. To nominate a Lib Dem blog article published in the past seven days – your own, or someone else’s, all you have to do is drop a line to voice@libdemvoice.org. You can also contact us via Twitter, where we’re @libdemvoice

8. Without Alan Rickman by Jennie Rigg on Ginuary.
Lovely post on what Alan Rickman brought to Jennie’s life – and, of course, he brought her to us. That’s special.